Artificial intelligence drives up prices, but Joe Rogan says it might revive the messiah — "AI could absolutely return as Jesus."

At the risk of sounding like a broken record — AI is getting pretty weird. Sure, the technology has evolved from simple chatbots that generate images and text based on prompts (with the earliest versions prone to hallucinations) to more sophisticated tools that deliver real impact across medicine, education, computing, and more.

Your guess could be as good as mine about the trajectory the technology will take amid funding constraints, a lack of high-quality training content, and copyright infringement-related issues.

Tech leaders have certainly had a lot to say about AI's impact on society. Some of it makes sense, others not so much. More recently, podcaster Joe Rogan made an interesting comment about AI. Rogan paints a scenario in a recent episode of the "American Alchemy" podcast, suggesting that if Jesus Christ were to return, he'd come back as AI.

It would apparently "combine Tesla's Optimus robot and the best foundational AI model". Rogen described Jesus as an AI that can read your mind, and loves you, and doesn't care if you kill it because it's just going to be with God again.

This news comes as the price of desktop RAM reaches an all-time high, leveraged away from everyday consumers to foster AI advances instead. Similar to when GPU demand surged for mining during the cryptocurrency craze.

Micron recently announced that it is shutting down Crucial after nearly 30 years, shifting its focus toward larger, strategic customers in the AI space. For PC gamers, builders, and enthusiasts, it’s a sad sight to behold. The move raises concerns that more companies might abandon producing RAM and SSDs for the community in pursuit of the AI bubble.

It’s even sadder that AI seems to be growing stranger by the minute, and almost cult-like for some "tech bros", many sharing rather concerning insights and predictions about the technology.

Microsoft's AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman sounded an alarm about the emergence of "conscious AI" and its long-term negative effects on society. The executive reiterated the importance of building AI for people, and not to transform the technology into a digital person, even as he tries to evolve Copilot into a real friend and companion.

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